Tony Abbott in the Latrobe Valley

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has joined Mornings with Celine Foenander to discuss his visit to the Latrobe Valley today. Mr Abbott said under his climate change policy no jobs will be lost in the Latrobe Valley because the opposition is not "insisting on any change".

Mr Abbott is in the Latrobe Valley to visit Hazelwood Power Station and to attend a community forum in Morwell.

His visit to the Latrobe Valley comes just days after Prime Minister Julia Gillard also visited the region to discuss the impact of the Government's clean energy package on the brown coal industry.

Under the Government's clean energy plan a tender process will be used to shut down 2,000 megawatts of coal-fired power by 2020.

There has been widespread speculation that Hazelwood Power Station, which produces around 1700 megawatts of power, will be most likely to close under the plan.

Mr Abbott claimed that under his plan no power stations in the Latrobe Valley would be forced to close.

"Replacing the power stations is a matter for power station owners," he said.

He denied his direct action plan provided little incentive for innovation in the energy sector or the development of new industries in the Latrobe Valley.

"I don't think there was any problem in the Victorian power generating sector that couldn't have been dealt with before this carbon tax came along," he said.

"That's the problem. The problem is the carbon tax."

Mr Abbott said "from memory" a $60 million fund would be available to assist regions like the Latrobe Valley under his direct action plan.

"There is some modest money available in our direct action policy to promote economic development in areas which might be impacted by measures against climate change. But in the end the best thing we can do for the Latrobe Valley is not to hit it with this jobs destroying new tax."